Since the new convenience store opened near the school, fewer students

Since the new convenience store opened near the school, fewer students are drinking the free orange juice that is provided to them by the school. This seems to be the result of the convenience store's sales campaign directed toward students that offers soft drinks to the students at half-price before 9 am. Although there is a difference in nutritional value between the soft drinks and the free orange juice, many students have been seen drinking soft drinks outside the convenience store each morning before school and declining the orange juice in the cafeteria.

What is the main point in the passage?

A. Students increasingly prefer to drink soft drinks outside the convenience store than to drink free orange juice in the school cafeteria.
B. The benefits of orange juice are overstated.
C. Students should drink the free orange juice offered by the school instead of drinking soft drinks from the convenience store in the morning.
D. It is without question that a glass of orange juice has a much higher nutritional value than a soft drink.
E. Soft drinks cause cavities and weight gain.

Lets start looking at option one by one ;

A- Sounds correct as the passage is emphasizing over the decreasing number of students drinking free orange juice(read first sentence Fewer students.....) and the reason for this decrease is attributed to the sales of sot drink.

B-No where mentioned the benefits.(saying difference in nutritional values doesn't mean higher value)

C-A good contender for answer.But the language of passage is about the current situation while this option talks about correcting future habits of students .

D-Don't bring outside knowledge into the passage.Stick to the information provided in passage.

E-Nowhere mentioned in the passage.

Hence A is the correct Choice.


regards,
Atul Pandey